England top 4 Mickey
Adams, David Howell,
Gawain Jones and Luke
McShane join the British
Knockout Championship at
the quarter-final stage.

They join four
qualifiers from Round 1,
including giant-killing
IMs Alan Merry and Ravi
Haria, who knocked out
GMs John Nunn and
Matthew Turner,
respectively.

LONDON (December 9, 2018) -
England Olympiad team
members Mickey Adams, David
Howell, Gawain Jones and
Luke McShane join the
Quarter-Final stage today.
Live coverage is available
on the London Chess Classic
website.

Mickey
Adams GM 2706

David
Howell GM 2697

Gawain Jones GM 2683

Luke McShane GM 2667

Quarter
Finals (Sunday Dec. 9)
(First-named player is White
in Game 1)

Jonathan
Hawkins beat Jovanka Houska
in the tie-breaks, but only
after Jovanka forced a
playoff with a win in
Classical Game 2. Meanwhile,
Simon Williams beat Harriet
Hunt 1.5-0.5 in their
Classical match.